doom_and_gloom

doom_and_gloom, 6 days ago

Feel free to DM me if you want some recommendations in Japan that aren’t the top 3 cities. I can probably guide you toward some towns that would have a greater appreciation of your spending money. You might have to pantomime a bit more, though.

doom_and_gloom, 8 days ago (edited 5 days ago)

I’m not much of a gamer, but: They destroyed their own market by chasing cross-platform libraries and developer accessibility. The advantages of a console are a tertiary priority for all except Nintendo, for whom it is a secondary priority (which is why they are an exception as the article notes). This drove people to PCs. In my opinion the original Xbox is where this trend really kicked off.

Consoles still have advantages but games and consoles are made by for-profit companies. Until now prioritizing their unique advantages has decreased potential revenue even if it improved the experience. The profit bump from cross-platform libraries and universal SDKs was too enticing to resist. So they made PCs to play PC games with a custom OS in a console footprint. But chasing short-term profits turned out to be self-cannibalizing for the market.

doom_and_gloom, 11 days ago

Found it:

web.archive.org/web/20240604220433/…/fulltext

Just going by the abstract - it does sound like a block time framework, to me at least.

doom_and_gloom, 12 days ago

Lost, no purpose or direction, feeling like your life is valueless?

We’ve got just the job for you!

Help keep the children-killers in running order and we’ll let you leech from the productive members of society. But don’t worry - you’ll be coasting easy, so there’s no need to worry about them. You can also help us kick the ladder down by voting for your own super special interests (like destroying aid programs) and get even further ahead! Just vote to keep draining the coffers. Be sure to put your ill-gotten gains into blue chips early so you don’t miss out on the pyramid scheme called a market!

…Not a bad deal for someone who is selfish enough to value their worthlessness as more important than everything else in the world. Which I guess means the US is never going to run out of recruits.